Improved brush



llnrrnn @raras Barnier @Prion ALBERT ALBEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

lMPRCVED BRUSH.

Specification forming part of Letters 4Patent No. 7,7@L dated May 23, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERT ALDEN, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Brush; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figurel. is a sectional front elevation of this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation ot' the same.4 l

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in the employment or use of notched segmental plates or jaws secured to the head of the brush and operating in combination with the pivot connecting the brush-handle to the head and with a spring-catch in such a manner that by the action of the spring-catch andnotched plates the handle can be brought in any desired inclination, and at the same time the plates hold the handle firmly in its place and the catch sustains it on both sides in a simple and eective way.

-A represents the head of a brush or broom ot' any desired description, made of wood or any other suit-able material, and in any convcnient form or shape. From this head rise two plates, B, which may be connected thereto by screws or any other suitable means in -the manner shown in the drawings or in any other suitable manner, and made in the form of a cap, as shown in the drawings, or in any other desirable shape. These plates form the bearings for the pivot a, which connects the handle C with the head A, and their outer edges form segments of circles descr1bed from the pivot as the center, so that a pin, b, passing transversely through the handle, will sweep over the edges otl the plates. Each plate is provided in its edge with a series of notches, c, large enough to receive the pin b, and said pin passes through a slot, d, inthe handle, so that it can be raised out of the notches c or depressed therein, as may be desired. Said pin is subjected to the action of a spring, e, which may consist of a simple strip of india-rubber fastened round the handle in a suitable groove, as shown in the drawings, or which may be made in any other suitable manner and of any desirable material. By the action of this spring the pin bis depressed into the notches c, and by raising the pin against the action of the spring the handle can be turned to any desirable inclination and held there by raising the pin and allowing it to drop into those notches corresponding to said inclination. By this arrangement the handle is connected with the body of the brush in a iirln and desirable manner.. The jaws or plates B hold the handle in its place, and by the combined action of the pivot a and pin b with the notches c the handle is retained in any position into which it may be brought.

I do not claim as my invention, to connect the handle of a brush to its head so that the same can be brought in any desired inclination, such having been previously done, but by means different from mine but I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The notched segmental plates B, in combination with the head A, handle (l, and with the pivot a and spring-catch b, all constructed, and operating in the manner and for the purpose set forth. t

ALBERT ALDEN.

Witnesses:

BENJ. lt. RAND, Unas. B. STEVENS. 

